IV.2.1. THE METAMORPHOSIS SEEN UP CLOSE

MENU: 4.2.1. Metamorphosis seen up close

IMAGINE THE ELITES' IMMEDIATE CONCERN: PARIS'S  

MEDIEVAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR REVOLUTION BY WORKING-CLASS "BARBARIANS"?

Observing the changes shows the military priority 

Claude Abron

Why the colossal esplanade? 

Enigmas that repression explains

• "An ounce of prevention:" churches and a park

• Open the town to the army

• Three huge spaces to assemble troops

• A fountain where the Emperor crushes Socialism

• The new arteries' military purpose

• A "masterly line" cuts through the working-class east

• Blue-collar neighborhoods' vast open spaces

• Huge "places" and power symbols

• The exception across the river  

• At Notre-Dame Cathedral, repression replaces eternity

• Planning Latin Quarter bombardment has happy results

• The hospital garden 

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